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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Politics
Melanie Mason

GOP elites want to turn from Trump. Will the base let them?

Forget the scathing editorials from conservative media blaming former President Donald Trump for the GOP's mediocre midterm. Never mind their underwhelmed reception to his 2024 presidential launch. Disregard the major donors who are bailing this time around.

Keith Korsgaden is firmly on board for a Trump reprise. He's quite sure he's not alone.

"There are 74 million people that voted for Donald Trump in 2020, and those 74 million of us still feel the same way — that he's one of us," Korsgaden said. The Visalia, California, restaurant owner has been a Trump supporter since that momentous descent down Trump Tower's escalator in 2015.

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